Initial poll count on Wednesday shows that Egypt's former military chief Abdel Fattah al-Sisi will sweep the presidential election with an overwhelming majority of votes.
While the US Congress cut a last-minute deal late Wednesday to avert a debt default, the larger budget war is far from over - and China is closely monitoring the likely indefinite fight.
Host of parties already lining up to claim $50b in gold and silver
Shortly after the end if the 16-day part shutdown of the federal government by raising its debt ceiling, Obama said there was a lot of work to be done, including the need to earn back the trust of the people.
Russia's top crude producer OAO Rosneft has agreed to cede a share of its oil riches to China, the world's top oil importer, signing a memorandum on Friday for the joint development of East Siberian deposits.
Saudi Arabia turned down its rotating seat in the United Nations Security Council on Friday, out of its disapproval of the Council's role in addressing Middle East issues.
Xu Qiliang, vice-chairman of China's Central Military Commission, met in Beijing Friday with Charles Richard Mondjo, the Republic of Congo's National Defense Minister.
China and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea agreed on Friday to further promote exchanges between youths of the two countries.
A rocking chair once owned by former President John Kennedy is seen in the window of an auction house in New York, October 17, 2013.
An engineer makes an adjustment to the robot "The Incredible Bionic Man" at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum in Washington October 17, 2013.
The US Marine Corps and Japan's Self-Defense Forces ended on Friday joint military exercises using the MV-22 Osprey transport aircraft in the western Japanese prefecture of Shiga。
The partial US federal government shutdown has cost the Pentagon at least 600 million dollars worth of productivity, Pentagon top financial officer said.
At least 15 people were killed and 60 others wounded in a suicide bomb attack in northern Iraq on Thursday, police said.
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